Why do some Americans feel guilty about our justified bombing of Hiroshima ... Dresden was a beautiful Baroque ... 1945, firebombing of Tokyo, which killed 85,000 Japanese in one night, ...

The recorded death tolls are estimates, but it is thought that about 140,000 of Hiroshima's 350,000 population were killed in the blast, and that at least 74,000 people died in Nagasaki.

As mentioned earlier, Onomichi’s most notable feature is its beautiful, sloping townscape. Hiroshima Prefecture is located in the eastern part of Honshu, Japan’s main island, on the west side ...

Here in Hiroshima, the bomb will never be forgotten. STUDENT: Hiroshima is very peaceful and beautiful right now. It doesn't look like it was destroyed 75 years ago.

8 of the world’s most beautiful cities to see at night Sightseeing isn’t just for the daytime. After sunset, many cities transform into magical destinations with dazzling lights.

The ginkgo — a species native to China with fan-shaped leaves that turn a vibrant gold in the fall — is one of the oldest and most resilient trees on Earth.

BLACK FLOWER IN THE SKY: Poems of a Korean Bridegroom in Hiroshima, by Chong Ki-Sheok. Katydid Books, distributed by the University of Hawai'i, 2000, 79 pp., $20 (paper). As the war generation ...

About 50 people gathered in Watertown on Sunday night in a somber vigil to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the destruction of two Japanese cities by US atomic bombs, an event that activists ...